The Blackburn is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado.
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Blackburn MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blackburn
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
Company ID: 501817
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Carnotite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Ownership): AREA MAP: USGS 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP, BULL CANYON OWNER ADDRESS: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION P.O. BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81501 PRODUCTION SCHEDULE: 1959, .5% U308, 75 TON/MONTH, 300 DAYS PRODUCTION/YEAR; 1961-1963, 250 TONS/MONTH, 300 DAYS OF PROD PER YEAR; 1965-1972, 1.40% V205 AND .23% U308, 310 TONS/MONT DAYS OF PRODUCTION/YEAR; 1956-1958, 67 TONS/MONTH, 190 DAYS PRODUCTION/YEAR. THE MINE IS IN THE EAST PARADOX MINING DIST PRODUCTION DATA FROM 1959 TO 1972 AVAILABLE IN THE BACK UP F
References
Reference (Deposit): REF:MAS FILE
Reference (Deposit): OWN/OP:UNION CARBIDE CORP.
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